Study Of The Sect Activities Of Quanzhen Taoism During The Jin-Yuan Dynasty

Quanzhen Taoism was one of the three largest denomination founded in the northern society in the Jin-Yuan Dynasty.The believers of Quanzhen Taoism were beyond ten thousand.With the development of the Quanzhen Taoism,the activities of denomination such as the social relief,eligious ceremonies of Taoism,the construction of temples appeared secular characteristic and the activities afect the northern society in the Jin-Yuan dynasty.The ideology affect the content of the activities and the influence of the social.The differences of the family background before be coming the leader of Quanzhen Taoism,the motivation of accessing Quanzhen Toism and the reason to heir made the theory formation were different.The sect leaders’mentality tendency made the proposition,the way of cultivation,changed from internal cultivation of mind to external cultivation of behavior. The transformation of emphasis of ideological made the way of seeking Tao from panance to concentrating on doing something for sect’s contribution.The classes of believers of Quanzhen Taoism increasingly diversed, and the ideology act on more believers and provided the basis for thoughts and masses of integration of social.The source of livelihood of monks was from beging to self-sufficient and at the lateperiod turned to business Taoist temple economy.This kind of change provides the material basis for development of Quanzhen Taoism at the same time to strengthen the participation of social economy.The disciplines of Quanzhen Taoism was beneficial to social control.The activities such as saving the poor bitter, increasing the number of the disciples and the construction of temples, setting Taoist sacrificial rite closely links with the society and the rulers.Quanzhen Taoism’s daily behavior made the image of Kiyonaga of Taoist monks retreated and appeared the secular characteristics.The activities of Quanzhen Daoism played a affect social order, to promote the integration of social, conducive to social control, participate in the social economic and other social functions, but also produced some negative effects.